Obama '08: The Official iPhone Application — Obama '08 is your official, comprehensive connection to the heart of Barack Obama and Joe Biden's campaign, giving you the tools you need to make an impact and stay in the know. — Making a difference takes only moments using the Call a Friend feature.

IPhone Steals Lead Over Kindle — It's official: The iPhone is more popular than Amazon.com's Kindle. And not just in the obvious categories like listening to music, browsing the Web or the other applications where Kindle barely competes. Now, the iPhone is also muscling into Amazon's home turf: reading books.

3 reasons why and how we'll see an Apple netbook soon — I mentioned this crazy scheme in our last podcast, but now that more blurry pics of an anticipated MacBook Pro refresh have resurfaced, it's a good time to rehash. I've been wondering if and how Apple will get into the netbook market.

Skype President Addresses Chinese Privacy Breach — You may have seen some reports in the media about a security and privacy breach in the software provided by our Chinese partner, TOM Online. I'm writing to let you know where we stand, and what we're doing to resolve the problem.

Run Leopard (Mac OS 10.5) on a Dell Mini 9 — I'm a huge fan of ultra portables! They are small, light and just powerful enough to do what you need to get done. Sure I run Windows (in VMware), but for me the Mac OS better fits my lifestyle, but if you are looking for an ultra portable you are going to have to look beyond Cupertino.

Apple Releases iTunes 8.0.1 (Stability and Bug Fixes) — Apple has released an update to iTunes to version 8.0.1. The update is available in Mac OS X's Software Update and provides the following features: … Apple released iTunes 8.0 on September 9th. iTunes 8 introduced Genius playback …

The Fear — The NDA is dead, yes, and good riddance, but there remain serious problems with the way Apple is managing the App Store. It boggles my mind that there remain so many people who don't see this. This piece by Dan Kimerling at TechCrunch is one example; various of the reader comments …

Credit Crisis Spreads a Pall Over Silicon Valley — SAN FRANCISCO — Since the credit crisis began gripping the financial world, Silicon Valley has watched from the sidelines, secure in the faith that it was insulated from the coming storm. — That faith is now being seriously undermined.

Yes, Yahoo Cuts Coming. How Many? (YHOO) — Now that even the most stubbornly optimistic Yahoos have had time to digest Jerry Yang's “shape up” memo, layoff rumors are in full swing. The most pessimistic prediction we've heard so far, from an anonymous tipster: 3,500 heads will roll. Plausible?

Friendster announces support for Facebook apps — Developers who have created applications for Facebook's platform can now bring them over to social network Friendster. This means that Friendster supports both Facebook's code and OpenSocial, the standard created by Google for social-network widgets.

Will A La Carte Programming Save Sirius-XM? No (SIRI) — Sirius XM Radio (SIRI) has started rolling out some of the features that it promised during its merger review process, like cross-over programming between the two satelite radio services, and new radios that can access a-la-carte programming packages.

T-Mobile HTC Shadow II is on the horizon — Following up on their popular and consumer-friendly T-Mobile Shadow, the boys in pink are releasing the Shadow 2. While we've seen it before, from these pics, it looks a little better and definitely a nice successor to the original.

Facebook to set up international HQ in Dublin — Social-networking website Facebook has confirmed plans to establish its international headquarters in Dublin. — The annnoucement was made by the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary Coughlan, this morning.

Apple settles class-action suit over faulty notebook adapters — Apple has agreed, without admitting fault, to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that power adapters sold with certain Power PC-based iBook and PowerBook notebooks were defective in that they could dangerously fray, sparks and prematurely fail to work.

Google on Android: Search — On September 23, T-Mobile announced the world's first Android-powered phone, the G1. The phone comes preloaded with Search, Maps, Gmail with Contacts, Calendar, Google Talk, and YouTube. The applications are easy to use, fully synchronized with the web …

Ballmer recommends separating iPhone hardware and software — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has never been shy about voicing his opinions on any given issue. At an interview conducted during a recent Churchill Club event in California, Ballmer chose to weigh in on Apple and the iPhone, and even gave the company some friendly advice.